HBO Central Europe Makes Senior Appointments

BUDAPEST, June 24: HBO
Central Europe has made three senior-level executive appointments to its
management team, naming a new regional manager and new country managers.

Stefan Dakovski has been
upped to the head of HBO Adria, responsible for all the company’s activities in
Bulgaria, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro. Based in Sofia, Dakovski
previously served as the affiliate relations and marketing director for HBO
Bulgaria.

Based in Zagreb, Marin
Kariz has been named as the country manager of HBO Croatia and Serbia. He will
be involved in business-development activities, with focus on the Adria area.
Kariz was previously the area sales manager for HBO Croatia and Serbia.

The new country manager of
HBO Czech and Slovakia is Martin Cepek, based in Prague. Upped from his role as
the sales and marketing director of HBO in the Czech Republic, Cepek oversaw
recent growth in sales and marketing activities in the region.

John Rossiter, the senior
VP for HBO Central Europe, commented, "I am very pleased to announce these
three key three appointments, which reflect the incredible performance of the
HBO team and in particular these three outstanding individuals—all of
whom have worked hard to develop and establish HBO Central Europe as the
leading provider of premium television across the eleven countries in Central
and Eastern Europe where HBO programming is broadcast.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski